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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who restores January's sight?
(a) An angel.
(b) Venus.
(c) Prosperpina.
(d) Pluto.

2. What is the subject of the Merchant's Tale?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Finance.
(c) Travel.
(d) Religion.

3. What is different about the Miller's section in comparison to the Knight's section?
(a) The Miller has a Prologue.
(b) The Miller's story is not about nobility.
(c) The Miller volunteers to tell a tale.
(d) All of the above.

4. Why is the Sultan baptized?
(a) He is Muslim and Lady Constance is Christian.
(b) Her father insists.
(c) He wants to be pure for Lady Constance.
(d) She insists.

5. What does Thomas's wife want the friar to preach to Thomas about?
(a) Envy.
(b) Lust.
(c) Gluttony.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is it determined that the Knight will tell the first tale?

2. What happens when John falls through the ceiling?

3. What is the standard punishment for the knight's crime?

4. Who wants to marry Lady Constance?

5. Who comes to Alison's window after Nicholas and Alison spend the night together?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the summoner and the yeoman both bailiffs?

2. How do the townspeople react to the situation after John crashes through the ceiling?

3. Why is the friar in the Summoner's Tale ironic?

4. Why is the Wife of Bath's Prologue so long?

5. What is comedic about the Reeve's Tale?

6. How is the Friar's Tale uncomplimentary to summoners?

7. Why can there be no real determination of the outcome of the Cook's Tale?

8. Why are the pilgrims confused by the Merchant's Tale?

9. What is the purpose of the knight's quest to find what women most desire?

10. Why is the Knight's Tale fitting for his character?

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